Isabel Wachenheimer wordt aangekleed door haar moeder Else Wachenheimer-Moos en een onbekende vrouw en wandelt in de tuin, mei 1931, München 1931 - 1935

This is a page from the Wachenheimer family photo album, showing Isabel being dressed by her mother, Else, and another woman, before heading out to the garden in Munich in May 1931. I'm always struck by how a family album acts as a kind of canvas, building a sense of history through a collection of intimate moments. I imagine the thought process behind each photograph. What was the framing like? What was the light like? The casual nature of the images makes them feel all the more revealing. These are family snapshots, where the image quality allows only a restricted emotional palette. But what's so striking is how a moment of pure emotion is caught, developed, and then presented like this. These small acts of care, these everyday actions, become monumental. They capture a spirit of resilience and affection. It reminds us that these intimate acts of care are part of a much bigger conversation around memory and identity.